Welsh Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. He currently plays for Derby County, and for

Is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. He currently plays for Derby County, and formerly played for the Welsh national team.He gained notoriety for his playing style; in particular, his close-at-the-heels defending tends to wind up opponents, and he is frequently singled out by opposition fans for invective.

Is a Welsh footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Caernarfon Town in the League of Wales.

Is a Welsh footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Caernarfon Town in the League of Wales. Maxwell has played for ten clubs in his career, including spells at Liverpool and Cardiff City.Maxwell began his career as a trainee with Liverpool. He became a regular in the reserve team, keeping Steven Gerrard out of the squad on occasion, and signed a professional contract with the club by the time he was 19.

Was a Welsh association footballer who played as an outside-left for Druids F.C. before joining Newt

Was a Welsh association footballer who played as an outside-left for Druids F.C. before joining Newton Heath in June 1886. He was part of the Heathens' team that joined the Football Alliance in 1889, but left in 1892. He returned for one season in 1896-97. Doughty played for the Welsh national team. He made his debut in a match against Ireland in March 1888, a match in which his brother Jack also played. Wales won the match 11-0, with the Doughty brothers scoring six of the goals between them; Roger scored two of the goals, Jack scored four.

Is a former Wales international Goalkeeper.Freestone began his career at Newport County as a trainee

Is a former Wales international Goalkeeper.Freestone began his career at Newport County as a trainee before moving to Chelsea in 1987 for £95,000 . During his time there he was loaned out to Swansea City and Hereford United. He eventually joined Swansea on a permanent deal in 1991, for a fee of £45,000, where he went on to spend over a decade, and the majority of his career, at the Welsh club. During his time at the club he was a big fan favourite, and in 1995 he even became the club's penalty taker (very uncommon for a goalkeeper), scoring three times from the penalty spot.

Is a former Welsh professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was capped by Wales and pla

Is a former Welsh professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was capped by Wales and played in The Football League for three clubs.Howells began his playing career with Swansea Town, where he made nine appearances during the 1947–48 season. However, he dropped out of The Football League and played for Barry Town before resurrecting his professional career with Cardiff City in July 1950.

Was a professional footballer who played as a full-back. He spent his entire professional career wit

Was a professional footballer who played as a full-back. He spent his entire professional career with Chester City from 1950 to 1962, where he made the second most Football League appearances in the club's history after featuring in 399 games.

Was a Welsh professional footballer and Wales international. A one club man he played his entire car

Was a Welsh professional footballer and Wales international. A one club man he played his entire career for his hometown club Cardiff City.Stitfall originally joined Cardiff in 1939 and made his debut in a wartime friendly at the age of 14. He went on to feature in a number of friendlies for the club before serving in the army for four years during World War Two. He eventually returned to play for Cardiff in 1947 and made his professional debut for the club in October 1947 when he started a match against Bradford City at left-back in place of Alf Sherwood who was away on international duty for Wales.

Was a Welsh poet and Anglican clergyman, noted for his nationalism, spirituality and deep dislike of

Was a Welsh poet and Anglican clergyman, noted for his nationalism, spirituality and deep dislike of the anglicisation of Wales. He was the best known Welsh poet of his day.R. S. Thomas was born in Cardiff, the only child of Thomas Hubert and Margaret (nee Davis). The family moved to Holyhead in 1918 because of his father's work in the merchant navy. He was awarded a bursary in 1932 to study at the University College of North Wales, Bangor, where he read Classics. In 1936, having completed his theological training at St. Michael's College, Llandaff, he was ordained as a priest in the Anglican Church in Wales. From 1936 to 1940 he was the curate of Chirk, Denbighshire, where he met his future wife, Mildred (Elsi) Eldridge, an English artist. He subsequently became curate at Tallarn Green, Flintshire.

Was a Welsh professional footballer who played as a full-back for Cardiff City and Southampton in th

Was a Welsh professional footballer who played as a full-back for Cardiff City and Southampton in the 1950s and 1960s.Born in Merthyr Tydfil, he started his career as an amateur with Merthyr Tydfil, before signing for Football League First Division team Cardiff City in October 1952. It was until the 1955–56 season that he made his debut for the first team, generally at full back although he was occasionally pressed into service as a forward. In his time with Cardiff he made a total of 32 appearances scoring three goals.

Is a former professional Welsh football player.Davies was the archetypal target man. With his well-d

Is a former professional Welsh football player.Davies was the archetypal target man. With his well-developed aerial abilities he earned the nickname Wyn the Leap. Davies is perhaps best known for playing for Newcastle United between 1966 and 1971. He was notably part of their Inter-Cities Fairs Cup-winning team of 1969.

Was a footballer who played as a half-back for Swansea Town and Manchester City. He also represented

Was a footballer who played as a half-back for Swansea Town and Manchester City. He also represented the Welsh national team over 30 times and is regarded as one of Wales' best ever players.Raised in the Rhondda Valley, Paul became a miner after leaving school, but an offer of a professional contract from Swansea gave him the opportunity to leave the colliery, but his football career was then disrupted by Second World War, during which he was a physical training instructor.

Was a Welsh international footballer who played for Blackburn Rovers, Everton and Stoke City.Vernon

Was a Welsh international footballer who played for Blackburn Rovers, Everton and Stoke City.Vernon was born in Ffynnongroyw in Flintshire, Wales. He made his debut for Blackburn Rovers at the age of 18. He signed for Everton for £27,000 in 1960 (an Everton player Eddie Thomas was the 'make-weight' in the deal and moved in the opposite direction.) Vernon made his debut for Everton in February 1960.

Was a Welsh footballer who played for Cardiff City, Manchester City, Stockport County and Wales as a

Was a Welsh footballer who played for Cardiff City, Manchester City, Stockport County and Wales as a winger.An outstanding schoolboy sportsman, Clarke became a miner during the Second World War, playing amateur football in his spare time. He signed amateur forms with Cardiff City in 1942, becoming a professional when league football resumed after the war. Part of the Cardiff side which won promotion from Division Three (South) in 1946–47, he signed for Second Division Manchester City in May 1947, Cardiff receiving £12,000 for the player. Manchester City had just secured promotion with matches to spare, resulting in Clarke achieving an unusual feat of playing in three different divisions in consecutive matches.

Is a Welsh former professional footballer. He played as a midfielder.Coughlin began his professional

Is a Welsh former professional footballer. He played as a midfielder.Coughlin began his professional career with Manchester City in 1977, but after failing to break into the the first team at Maine Road, he joined Blackburn Rovers the following year. At Ewood Park, he made 24 league appearances in two years.

Was a Welsh poet and author who was perhaps best known for her series of children's books in which s

Was a Welsh poet and author who was perhaps best known for her series of children's books in which she collected and retold fairy tales from all over the world. The dust jacket for A Book of Giants aptly describes her writing style: "Mrs. Manning-Sanders

Was a popular Welsh entertainer of the 1960s and 1970s. He was born in the Carmarthenshire village o

Was a popular Welsh entertainer of the 1960s and 1970s. He was born in the Carmarthenshire village of Glanamman in the Black Mountain, Wales, and was educated in Bangor and at the Central School of Speech and Drama. His first professional appearance was i

Is a Welsh professional snooker player. He is known as a very solid breakbuilder and is one of only

Is a Welsh professional snooker player. He is known as a very solid breakbuilder and is one of only 32 players to have made over a century of centuries.

Is a Welsh football midfielder.

Is a Welsh football midfielder.

Is a Welsh footballer who has played for Manchester United as a left midfielder for the entirety of

Is a Welsh footballer who has played for Manchester United as a left midfielder for the entirety of his club career to-date. However, due to Giggs' age, he now plays deeper in central midfield instead of on the left wing. Giggs holds a host of football records, including that of being the most decorated player in British football history. On 11 May 2008, he became the first footballer to collect 10 top division English league title medals.

A Welsh footballer who has played for Manchester United as a left midfielder for the entirety of his

A Welsh footballer who has played for Manchester United as a left midfielder for the entirety of his club career to-date, and is famed as one of the greatest wingers of all time in the game. Giggs holds a slew of football records including being the most decorated player in British Football history, as well as the most successful English League winner as he collected his 10th FA Premier League winning medal on 11 May 2008.Giggs was the first player in history to win the PFA Young Player of the Year award consecutively and as of today has played and scored in every single season of the FA Premier League since its inception, also holding the league's records for most all time goal assists with 289 assists in 535 appearances.

Is a Welsh footballer currently playing as a defender for Bristol Rovers. He has represented Wales a

Is a Welsh footballer currently playing as a defender for Bristol Rovers. He has represented Wales at Youth, Under-21 and Full international level, and was formerly the youngest player ever to play for Wales.Green began his career as a trainee with Wolverhampton Wanderers turning professional in October 1997. Before making a first team appearance for Wolves, he was picked by Bobby Gould for the full Wales international side against Malta and Tunisia, breaking Ryan Giggs' record as the youngest player ever to play for Wales. He made his Wolves first team debut on November 10, 1998, in a 2–1 victory against Sheffield United at Molineux but suffered an injury which kept him out for six months.

Is a football player who currently plays for League Two side Darlington. He has also played for the

Is a football player who currently plays for League Two side Darlington. He has also played for the Wales U21 team.Valentine signed for Wrexham on a free transfer after leaving Darlington in the summer of 2006. He has played well in the 2006–07 and got called up to the Wales national football team to face the Czech Republic and Brazil, but has yet to earn a cap.